Lost Lustre: A New York Memoir

by Joshua Karlen

Book Overview

Muggings on Avenue C, punk bands at CBGB, parties in a nascent SoHo, dropping out from the famous Music & Art High School. In this episodic, coming-of-age memoir, Josh Karlen chronicles growing up in New York's Greenwich Village and crime-ridden Alphabet City in the 70s and early 80s. Lost Lustre recaptures a New York suffering its gravest financial crisis and soaring crime, yet staging a spectacular resurgence of the arts. Karlen shares a fascinating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981932118
• ISBN13: 9780981932118
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Tatra Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.0"